Core and Managerial Behaviours Professional Development Training

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) performs a critical role coordinating emergency services for a range of natural disasters and emergency incidents threatening life and property.

Supported by an extensive network of volunteers and career workers, DFES works together with the community and government to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from a diverse range of emergencies.

DFES is committed to providing inclusive and respectful workplaces and has a legal duty and obligation to ensure it builds and supports safe and healthy work environments and promotes appropriate conduct. Positive working relationships and high standards of behaviour are fundamental in the workplace. Bullying, discrimination and harassment towards another person is a breach of the expected standards of behaviour prescribed in the Public Sector Commission Code of Ethics and DFES Code of Conduct.

DFES is seeking to establish a Panel of suitably experienced Contractors to provide its staff with people behaviours training. The Panel Arrangement will seek to increase DFES’ organisational competency in the following areas:

Competency 1:

Core BehavioursProfessional Development Training

This would define behaviours for the Customer’s personnel including Corporate staff, Professional Firefighters, Emergency Service Volunteers consistent with the DFES Code of Conduct.

Competency 2:

Managerial Behaviours Professional Development Training

This would define behaviours for the Customer’s Managers and Supervisors, acknowledging their additional duty of care and responsibilities for individual and team safety, health, and wellbeing.

It is envisaged that a Panel Arrangement will be required to provide the required professional development training courses. The final number and selection of service providers will be at the sole discretion of the Customer.

Respondents are advised that the services will be required on an ad-hoc basis and there is no guarantee of any work during the contract term.